Doctor Who (TV Series) The Evil of the Daleks: Episode 3 (1967) User Reviews

Jamie's mission begins, very good episode.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 29 October 2015]

The Daleks have a batch of Daleks ready to be implanted with the Human factor. They aim to obtain the Human factor, by experimenting with Jamie. He's tasked with saving Victoria. Jamie is annoyed with the Doctor after hearing him apparently conspiring against him. Maxtable has placed Kemel in the experiment, he's also told Kemel that he's evil and dangerous. Kemel is physically a force to be reckoned with, a massive powerful Turk. The Human factor consists of a whole host of Jamie's emotions being collected in a bank of equipment. Jamie's mission begins, he is soon faced with Kemel.

It's quite a deep episode, there is a lot going on, quite an intricate plot. For the first time we see Jamie mistrust the Doctor, the two have always been a solid unit, for the first time we see Jamie mistrust the Doctor.

A fun early performance from Windsor Davies, as thug Toby. He would go on to have a great career. Incredibly not born in Wales. I wish we could see the scene of Toby being exterminated.

A very good episode. 8/10

Extermination

[A_Kind_Of_CineMagic · 9/10 · 28 August 2014]

Review for all 7 episodes:

Spoiler Alert: This 7-parter seemingly ends with the destruction of the Daleks and that is suitably dramatic. The fact that they eventually returned does not diminish the power of this story as they only reappear 5 series later. That is a long gap without the most famous enemy appearing in the show. The drama and impact in this story is impressive but so too is the story idea itself with the great concept of setting events in the past, present AND future. One aspect of the plot does not fully make sense: Why do they even need to test Jamie to "find the Dalek factor" and why is he seen as the only worthy candidate? It seems an unlikely plan but it there are not clear cut illogical things of a kind that annoys me. The whole story is thrilling and interesting.

Over the course of the story with its different elements a tremendous amount of absorbing entertainment is created. We have Earth in the past, Earth in the 1960s (present day of the time) and an alien planet in the future providing contrasting backgrounds to the action. There are also some fascinating characters such as Maxtible (Marius Goring), good acting especially by Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines with plenty of excitement and fun.

The quality of script writing from David Whitaker is as usual very high and nothing really lets this story down very much except the slightly questionable idea of gaining the 'human factor' from Jamie. Despite that minor 'imperfection' it is a great adventure and a great end to series 4 leading into the superb 5th series.

My Ratings: 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 - 10/10, Episodes 3 & 6 - 9/10

Overall: 9.71/10

Season 4 was a momentous season but in my view falls somewhere in the middle compared to all the other seasons rather than near the top. It has five great stories but it also has one of the show's poorest stories and three stories which are OK but pretty flawed. Innes Lloyd and Gerry Davis running of the series brought some great stories but not consistent greatness.

Average Season 4 rating: 8.38/10